Not long after, more than ten people hurriedly walked out of the village, led by a little old man with half a century of hair. Although he was on a crutch, he could walk very fast.
Li Erlin looked familiar. When the little old man came closer, he remembered his identity and immediately shouted excitedly: "Uncle Jiang He, I am Erlin!"
Li Jianghe was stunned when he heard it at first. Then he carefully looked at the man in front of him, and gradually connected it with the childish face in his memory, and he also became a little excited.
"Er Lin? Are you really Er Lin?"
Then his eyes glanced at the Li family members beside Li Erlin, "Are you Dalin? You are Dafang! Is this...sister-in-law?"
"Hey!" Mrs. Zhou responded tremblingly with tears in her eyes.
Li Dafang, Li Erlin and Li Silin also greeted Li Jianghe one by one. Li Jianghe responded repeatedly, and then said: "Don't stay outside, second brother, quickly bring someone to help your aunt and others move their things, and go back to the village first."
A man walked out from behind Li Jianghe and looked at the crowd opposite with some embarrassment. They didn't seem to need his help with what they had.
But since dad gave the order, he had to do something no matter what, so he grabbed the cart pulled by Li Silin. Li Silin still wanted to shirk, so Li Yinshan said: "You are Silin, don't be polite to me, you Yinshan Ge Ge still has the strength to pull the cart. By the way, why didn't you see Sanlin and come back with you guys?"
Li Silin felt depressed for a moment, "When I was fleeing, my third brother disappeared on the road."
Li Yinshan was stunned and asked in disbelief: "Sanlin is dead?"
"Second brother!" Li Jianghe hit his crutches and shouted angrily. Then he forced a smile and said to Mrs. Zhou, "Sister-in-law, let's go back to the village first, and then we can talk slowly."
Before turning around, he glared at Li Yinshan again. This guy was really stupid. How could he just say hello to a few people before he saw them? They came back and the others didn't come back. Couldn't you still think of the reason?
Even if you want to ask, you shouldn't ask at this time.
"His seventh uncle, it's okay. My third son and his father disappeared before we got there. More than ten years have passed. We should be sad and sad. It's his second uncle and his third uncle's family..." Old Mrs. Zhou Sighing, "Forget it now, let's go."
The small dirt road into the village was not long. They talked as they walked and soon arrived at the village. They knew that Li Erlin and the others had returned from a flood and planned to settle down. Li Jianghe did not express his position. This matter was indeed not something he, the village chief, could decide. .
Generally speaking, if they want to settle in Mingxia County, they should first go to the county seat. If the county magistrate takes in the refugees, they will register them and make unified arrangements. Coming directly to the village like Li Erlin is more like joining relatives. Even if they can't settle down, as long as Zhutao Village can afford to support them, they can live in Zhutao Village after Li Zheng registers the migrant population. However, the disaster is over. Later, the county government would send people to drive them back to their place of origin.
However, Li Jianghe said that there is no problem with Li Erlin and his party temporarily settling in Zhutao Village. Although Zhutao Village only has about forty households, it is not a big problem to provide them with food and accommodation for two or three days. Li, he would go to Li Zheng for help and ask the county government official what his attitude was.
"Brother Li, please tell Village Chief Li that he doesn't need to worry about your settlement." Since Li Jianghe and Li Erlin communicated in local dialects, Butler Wang couldn't understand them well, and he didn't know what Li Jianghe would do. He couldn't speak Mandarin, so he could only convey the message through Li Erlin.
However, Li Jianghe knew Mandarin. Without waiting for Li Erlin to tell him, he looked at Butler Wang and asked, "Who is this?"
In fact, I had wanted to ask for a long time. Li Erlin and his party were all dirty and plainly dressed. Among the crowd, there was someone with classy clothes and a more outstanding temperament. He was as conspicuous as a crane among the chickens.
Li Erlin only told Li Jianghe that he was the housekeeper of a wealthy family he met on the road. He didn't say much else. The main reason was that the Wang family's status was too high. Even if he told Li Jianghe, he might not believe it. If he did, he would be afraid. scare him.
"In that case, I'm not worried." Li Jianghe thanked Butler Wang and then said to Li Erlin, "There is still a lot of wasteland between the village and the foot of the mountain, and some farmland used to be abandoned. The population of the village If there is not enough, it has not been planted. If you stay in the village, you need to clear up wasteland yourself. As for grain planting, we have just finished sowing, and each household has some leftover, which can be lent to you. You should seize the time to clear out one or two acres. Maybe we can still catch up with the autumn harvest. Although the harvest from the newly cultivated farmland will not be high, it is better than no harvest at all."
Li Erlin translated Li Jianghe's words to the people in Xiaochen Village. He had no choice. Even if Li Jianghe could speak Mandarin, only Chen Song could speak Mandarin among the people in Xiaochen Village. It would be difficult for others to understand, let alone Needless to say, listening to the local dialect of Mingxia County will only make it more difficult to listen.
This is also why some people were unwilling to flee in the first place. People in the same state have different accents, let alone settling down in a strange place further away. The language barrier makes communication difficult, and life becomes incompatible.
After listening to what Li Erlin relayed, everyone was overjoyed and full of energy. They were all prepared to work as hard labor or sharecropping to survive the second half of the year, but now they hear that they can still open up wasteland and sow seeds, can they not be excited?
The Dajing Dynasty encouraged land reclamation. The land that was reclaimed belonged to whoever had it, and having fields meant that there would be harvests. As Li Jianghe said, even if the harvest is not high, it is better than no harvest at all.
So one by one, the Li family members asked them to teach them how to say "Thank you" in Mingxia County dialect. It was not difficult to learn two simple syllables. In the blink of an eye, a group of people with accents used the newly learned vocabulary to thank Li Jianghe.
Li Jianghe almost couldn't resist, so he quickly changed the subject and discussed their accommodation. For the first two days, they could stay at an aboriginal home in Zhutao Village. The conditions were not that good, but they had a roof and four walls to protect them from the wind and rain. But if they wanted to settle down, they would definitely not be able to stay for a long time. They also had to have their own house. Just fine.
Considering that they still needed to open up wasteland, Li Jianghe suggested that he go back and discuss with the villagers to see if he could organize some people from the village to build bamboo houses for them to live in temporarily. After the autumn harvest, they would be free and then see if they should replace them with bamboo houses. Wood house or earth house.
It can be said that he tried his best to accommodate Li Erlin and his party. Li Erlin and others were naturally grateful to Li Jianghe. The village chief was also very kind and always considered for them.
But then they discovered that not only the village chief was a nice person, but the villagers were also very nice. The villagers had no objections to Li Jianghe's assignment and happily and enthusiastically took away the families assigned to their homes for temporary food and accommodation. , although it is difficult to communicate with each other, they get along harmoniously.
"Uncle Jiang He..."
Li Erlin burst into tears of gratitude and was about to say thank you, but as soon as he called out, he was stopped by Li Jianghe.
"It goes without saying thank you. I'm very happy that you can come back. And you are indeed in difficulty now. We can help as much as we can, and it will only give us more strength. You will also be there in the future. For those who live in the village for a long time, living a good life in peace and harmony is more important than anything else."
Li Erlin swallowed his words of thanks, changed his subject and said with a smile: "I want to introduce you to my wife and children, so that you can recognize them, and when the Chinese New Year is over, the children can ask for some coins from you. .”
Li Pingan's eyes widened instantly, as if he had just met his father.
Ruyi was heartless, her eyes lit up as soon as she heard this, she ran forward and hooked Li Erlin's leg, raised her little face and looked at Li Jianghe with a naive smile.
